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For courses in Introduction to Policing and Law Enforcement.
Praised for its scholarship, this book uses the “Balance of Forces” metaphor to examine three primary correlates of police practice–police organizations, officers and communities. Written in a conversational tone, it offers extensive coverage of police history, the current structure of the police industry, and critical police functions. With enhanced visuals and extensive references, this book helps students develop an appreciation for the “big picture” and strives to integrate the broad research on policing into one coherent perspective.
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This third edition of POLICING IN AMERICA: A Balance of Forces, by Robert H. Langworthy and Lawrence E Travis III, provides an updated review of the various police and law enforcement agencies working in the United States today The text continues to provide students with an analytical framework for understanding the police as a balanced product of social, historical, political, legal, individual, and organizational forces. This edition contains updated graphs of the most recent police data and discussions of recently published research that begins to address the "balance of forces" theoretical perspective.
SPECIAL FEATURES- Written in a clear style designed to engage the reader's interest and attention.
- Includes "correlates" sections that examine theoretical propositions about the police in light of current research literature, developing students' analytical and critical thinking about police.
- Describes the contemporary police industry in the United States, including public and private agencies at the federal, state, and local levels.
- Provides figures and graphs presenting recent data on policing in America.
- Presents and analyzes the three major functions of policing in the United States: law enforcement, service provision, and the maintenance of order.
- Covers contemporary issues in policing such as quality of life policing and racial profiling.
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- PublisherPearson
- Publication date2007
- ISBN 10 0131580221
- ISBN 13 9780131580220
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number4
- Number of pages544
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